Crews working on the Seattle Department of Transportation’s (SDOT) project to repave NE Ravenna Blvd between Green Lake and 15th Ave NE have completed grinding the existing pavement on the westbound side of the street between NE 71st St and 8th Ave NE. The crews will switch to the opposite side of Ravenna tomorrow (Friday, April 6, 2012), grinding the existing pavement on the eastbound side of the street. According to SDOT, crews are scheduled to grind the existing pavement on the eastbound side tomorrow and Monday (April 6 and 9), and will then begin roadway base repairs and repaving…
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The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will begin a paving project on NE Ravenna Blvd on Monday, March 19, 2012. The project, which should be complete by fall 2012, address the long-standing pothole problem on the street, as well as the wide pedestrian crossing at the intersection in front of the Green Lake Starbucks. Construction work will consist of: grinding and removing the existing asphalt roadway repairing select areas of the underlying concrete roadway base and repaving the roadway with new asphalt pavement upgrading pedestrian curb ramps building a curb bulb at E Green Lake Drive N and NE 71st Street to improve…
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Green Lake resident Jill Beck wrote to us with an update, via the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), on the potholes on NE Ravenna Blvd between NE 65th St and 8th Ave NE. “The potholes are everywhere,” Jill says, “on both sides of Ravenna.” Jill reported the potholes to SDOT and received a note back from Peg Nielsen of the SDOT Communications Office. “Our crews have been regularly filling potholes,” Nielsen said, “and will continue to do so.” According to SDOT’s Pothole Repair Status map, SDOT crews have patched multiple holes on the NE Ravenna Blvd corridor on more than 12 occasions since…
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Photo courtesy of Daniela Dombrowski of The Murphy & Dombrowski Real Estate Group On April 5, there was “5% Community Support Day” at the Roosevelt Square Whole Foods Market (1026 NE 64th St). Five percent of the day’s sales was donated to the Seattle Public Theater (SPT), which is located at the historic Green Lake Bathhouse (7312 West Green Lake Dr N). Yesterday (April 12, 2011), SPT announced that over $6200 was raised for the theater. “I cannot say enough about the generosity of the community and the support of Whole Foods Markets,” SPT’s Managing Director Keith Dahlgren said. “This is a big win for the theater and we appreciate it…
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